Academics at Champion

Students will learn the four steps to an art critique. They will learn the elements and principles of art through the, and class discussion. They will participate in oral, written, and group discussions about the elements, principles and interpret art works in a variety of media and time periods. Students will critique their own work as well as those of their peers. Students will be expected to visually and when appropriate tactilely explore works of art to expedite their analysis. Students will make judgments about the aesthetic value of art pieces, professional, peer group, and personal, as part of their art critiques. These will be both oral and written.
Students will apply these same art principles to creation of their own art works. They will be learning basic art techniques which they will be expected to translate into original works of art in a variety of media both in 2 and 3 dimensional projects. These will include, charcoal, colored pencil, pen, water color, acrylics, ceramics, mosaics of paper and tile, glass painting, cartooning, creation of geometric figures, bead work, and textile design. They will be required to include both self study and cultural influences into some of their art, and write about the reasons for these.
Written research will be required on artists from different cultures, time periods, and artistic styles. Research will include biographical sketches, historical time period summaries, and how the culture influenced and/or was influenced by the artist’s work. Students will also be required to participate in class discussions of how culture influences art style and translate these concepts into some of their own works of art using today’s cultural, historical, moral, and religious symbols.
Students will include possible career applications to various art projects and include the skill sets learned in the creation of these works, as part essays and oral discussions. Guest speakers will show connections between art and other disciplines, such as mathematics, by teaching techniques used in the creation of art pieces. Students will evaluate problems and their methodology for solving these problems, when creating independent projects. They will report these both in written and oral formats. Field trips to local art workshops will enhance the students analyzing, judging, problem solving skills as well as experience career connections first hand.

Brief course description
Students will observe, respond, create and critique elements of the theatre.  They will write, act, direct and design sets for both formal and informal productions.  These productions will use both traditional theatre methods and electronic media formats.

Supplemental textbooks:
Introduction to Theatre Arts, by Suzi Zimmerman, Meriwether Publishing Ltd.. Introduction to Theatre Arts 2, by Suzi Zimmerman, Meriwether Publishing Ltd., Acting Up in Church, by M.K. Boyle, Meriwether Publishing Ltd.

Course Description:
Introduction to Theatre Arts will provide students with an overview of the various elements of the theatre.  Students will be introduced to theatrical vocabulary, acting, writing, set design, and directing both formal and informal productions.  This course will have students critique both professional and their own school productions, these will include traditional classic works of theatre, film/video, and other electronic media as well as non-traditional works.  As part of learning to evaluate theatre students will analyze how the theatre has influenced and/or has been influenced by cultures.  Cultural analysis will include historical and contemporary productions.